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Putin invaded on Feb. 24, 2022, after demanding that NATO abandon membership for Ukraine and pull back the alliance’s troops on NATO’s eastern flank — actions rejected by the West. He claimed his move was necessary to safeguard Russia’s security interests and protect Russian speakers in Ukraine.
Reuters reported in November that Putin was ready to negotiate a deal with Trump, but would refuse to make major territorial concessions and would insist Kyiv abandon ambitions to join NATO.
The primary demand from Russia to halt NATO's eastward expansion was rejected by NATO and the U.S., which argued that Russia should not have a veto on the alliance's expansion and that it had the right to decide its own military posture, defending its open door policy as a fundamental principle of the organization. [17]
On Wednesday, Trump gave his special envoy to Ukraine and Russia — retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg — a 100-day deadline to end the conflict. The “root cause” of the war in Ukraine is ...
President Vladimir Putin says he is willing to negotiate an end to the war but based on the reality of Russia's control over swathes of Ukraine. Explainer-Key takeaways from Trump-Putin talks ...
Austin added that Putin “started this war with no provocation. He could end it today if he chose to do that.” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg added that “this is not a peace proposal. This is a proposal of more aggression, more occupation, and it demonstrates in a way that that Russia’s aim is to control Ukraine.”
Europe must prepare for Trump to abandon Nato's Article 5, warns Germany's Merz ... Kyiv was to blame for Russia’s invasion. The White House demands Ukraine sign a deal handing over swathes of ...
President Sauli Niinistö condemned Russia's attack and President Vladimir Putin, saying "the mask has now come off and only the cold face of war is visible". [ 104 ] Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Russia's invasion of Ukraine would change the debate around NATO membership within her country , and wrote on Twitter that "The attack is a grave ...